Mothers Who Can‘t Love

With Mothers Who Can‘t Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters, Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of the smash #1 bestseller Toxic Parents, offers a powerful look at the devastating impact unloving mothers have on their daughters—and provides clear, effective techniques for overcoming that painful legacy. In more than 35 years as a therapist, Forward has worked with large numbers of women struggling to escape the emotional damage inflicted by the women who raised them and heal the mother wound. Subjected to years of criticism, competition, role-reversal, smothering control, emotional neglect and abuse, these women are plagued by anxiety and depression, relationship problems, lack of confidence, and difficulties with trust. They doubt their worth, and even their ability to love. Forward examines the Narcissistic Mother, the Competitive Mother, the Overly Enmeshed mother, the Control Freak, Mothers who need Mothering, and mothers who abuse or fail to protect their daughters from abuse. Filled with compelling case histories, Mothers Who Can’t Love outlines the self-help techniques Forward has developed to transform the lives of her clients, showing women how to overcome the pain of childhood and how to act in their own best interests. Warm and compassionate, Mothers Who Can’t Love offers daughters the emotional support and tools they need to heal themselves, set boundaries, and rebuild their confidence and self-respect. This essential guide provides a step-by-step path to understanding and healing: Toxic Family Dynamics: Uncover the patterns of the Narcissistic Mother, the Control Freak, the Competitive Mother, and others who create a legacy of pain and emotional neglect. Overcoming Emotional Damage: Learn the self-help techniques Dr. Forward has developed to help countless women reclaim their lives and break free from anxiety, depression, and self-doubt. Rebuilding Self-Respect: Discover how to act in your own best interests, rebuild your confidence, and stop the cycle of damaging relationship problems. A Path to Healing: Filled with compelling case histories, this book offers the emotional support and tools you need to finally feel worthy of love and happiness.